Curated resources from global femtech leaders

A new national survey of 1,000 women commissioned by reproductive health platform myStoria reveals a reproductive health system marked by persistent knowledge gaps, widespread provider dismissal, and a near-universal failure of school-based sex education to prepare people for the realities of their own bodies. The report, What They Didn’t Teach You in Sex Ed, is available today at mystoria.com. The findings point to what researchers describe as five interconnected gaps (in knowledge, dismissal, generation, navigation, and tools) that compound over a lifetime of reproductive health decisions.

Women represent just over half of Canada’s population, yet the cognitive and mental health impacts of menopause remain under-supported. A new AgeTech Insights Report in partnership with Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) shed light on the critical gaps in resources and the powerful opportunity for agetech solutions to help close them. As healthcare systems face rising demand with the aging population, advancing targeted, evidence-based supports for women is both is necessary for health equity and economic sustainability.

Learn about the shifting landscape of healthcare where women, who already control 80% of healthcare decisions, are projected to hold the majority of wealth by 2030, creating a “ghost market” of $360 billion in unmet needs.

While women make up half the global population, their health needs receive only 6% of private healthcare investment. This WEF report introduces the Women’s Health Investment Index to map capital flows and identifies high-potential opportunities beyond reproductive care, such as cardiovascular disease and menopause.

This report argues that women’s health is a proven, multi-billion-dollar investment sector rather than a nascent niche. By analyzing 276 exits over 25 years, it reveals more than $100B in total exit value since 2000. Key findings show that nearly half of all exits occurred in the last five years, with diagnostics, particularly in oncology, driving major scale.

This paper examines the urgent need for Canada to update its national women’s health strategy. It highlights current gaps in women’s health outcomes and research and presents actionable recommendations for investing in women’s health and driving collaboration across sectors to achieve better health and economic results for Canadian women.

Closing the women’s health gap in Canada could result in seven more healthy days of life per year for every Canadian woman—and potentially boost the country’s economy by $37 billion annually by 2040.

Discover key data from Italy’s first FemTech Observatory, created by Tech4Fem. The census measures growth, investment, and entrepreneurship across the Italian women’s health sector.

The Canadian femtech ecosystem is evolving fast. Our detailed Market Map provides a clear snapshot of the companies pioneering women’s health solutions across sectors.

This report discusses the $1 trillion opportunity to close the women’s health gap by addressing unmet healthcare needs, improving health outcomes, and driving economic growth globally.

The Ghost Market Report explores critical healthcare gaps affecting millions of women, highlighting where current solutions are insufficient or entirely absent.

Representing 24 countries, Femtech Across Borders is a global consortium of women’s health initiatives creating systemic change in Women’s Health through innovation and literacy.

This list connects women and underrepresented founders (POC, LGBTQ+, immigrants, etc.) with investors committed to diversity and inclusion. Find funding focused on you!

This report offers key insights on competitors, market gaps, risks, and emerging technologies on menstrual care technology patents since 2004 in North America.

This report outlines blueprints to close the women’s health gap, by emphasizing action across data collection, research, equitable care, and investment and unlock $1 trillion in annual GDP by 2040.

Femovate by Guidea is a UX sponsorship program for early-stage Femtech founders; having gifted $1M in services to advance women’s digital health innovation.

A global femtech community offering a 9-month equity free acceleration program for companies developing innovative solutions to improve technologies relating to women’s health with international reach.

We’re dedicated to growing awareness of female health concerns and catalyzing investment in research, innovation, and product development for solutions that improve women’s quality of life.

impact.51 brings the ecosystem together to define, ideate and solve complex problems. We are a company of creators that build scalable, equitable & patient-centric solutions.

A network to empower femtech in India to enable companies to connect with relevant resources, mentors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors.